The M4 Mac mini came with a surprise — a slotted and upgradeable SSD. Here's how to install one, get it running, what to expect for speed, and what's happened in the last eight months since upgrading.

There’s a removable SSD on the new Mac Mini, but you probably can’t upgrade it yourself without a lot of extra work. There’s a removable SSD on the new Mac Mini, but you probably can’t upgrade it ...

Apple gets a lot of flak for its unfriendly approach to user repairs and upgrades—you can’t really do them. But there’s a ray of hope with the new Mac mini, which started shipping on Friday. In a ...

Apple’s in-house chips have some impressive specs, but user serviceability is something Apple left behind for consumer machines around a decade ago. Repair legend [dosdude1] shows us how the new M4 ...

Apple isn't soldering the SSD to the logic board in the M4 Mac mini, but given the company's history with Apple Silicon, don't expect upgrades. Older Intel-based Mac minis provided intrepid users with ...

Why it matters: According to The Verge, Apple’s latest M4 Mac Mini introduces a significant design change with removable storage modules, marking a potential shift away from completely soldered ...